You are invited to attend a two-hour interactive symposium on movement disorders and physical and occupational treatment for people with Parkinson disease (PD). This symposium is FREE so it is a wonderful opportunity for people with PD, family members and friends, and other healthcare professionals who want to learn more about movement and PD to [...]

Mark your calendar! October 8, 2012: The 17th Annual APDA Fashion Show “Sweet Success” We’re excited to bring you a delightful afternoon of fashion, delicious food and a silent auction filled with goodies and one-of-a-kind items. Proceeds from this event will be used exclusively for funding research conducted at the local Center for Advanced Parkinson [...]

By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer December 7, 2011 CHICAGO (AP) — The two things that have brought Michael and Roslyn Lieb closer together couldn’t be more different: Parkinson’s disease and dance, one slowly taking away, the other giving back in ways they never imagined. After tremors in his right arm and leg 11 years [...]

By Gretchen Reynolds October 12, 2011 Scientific discoveries can be serendipitous, and so it was when Jay L. Alberts, then a Parkinson’s disease researcher at Emory University in Atlanta, mounted a tandem bike with Cathy Frazier, a Parkinson’s patient. The two were riding the 2003 RAGBRAI bicycle tour across Iowa, hoping to raise awareness of [...]

You are invited to attend a two-hour interactive symposium on speech disorders and speech treatment for people with Parkinson disease (PD). This symposium is FREE so it is a wonderful opportunity for people with PD, family members and friends, and other healthcare professionals who want to learn more about speech and PD to attend. The [...]

American Parkinson Disease Association, St. Louis Chapter presents its 16th Annual Auction, Luncheon & Fashion Show – Guys & Dolls Honorary Chair Couple – Steve & Lynn Hurster When: Monday, October 10, 2011 Where: Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet, Versailles Ballroom, 191 Westport Plaza 10:30 am to 11:30 am – Social Hour, Silent Auction, Raffle 11:45 [...]

By Jesse Hardman June 18, 2011 There are three black and white photographs of my dad that tell the story of the last few years. My brother, Andy, took them, and they are both beautiful and brutal. The first one is of my dad on an August day in 2008. He’s standing in a lake [...]

By Johanna Hartlein APRN, Family Nurse Practitioner We receive many calls at our clinic inquiring if certain medications are all right to take for people with PD, especially when about to undergo surgical procedures. For that reason, we thought it would be a good idea to give people with PD a list of medicines that [...]

By Morvarid Karimi, MD Washington University School of Medicine, Movement Disorders Section “My mother was doing fine and underwent a simple elective surgery but came back as stiff as a board and could never walk again.” This is not a rare report and can be blamed on a single dose of a medication that should [...]